Meaning of flat | Babel Free

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1. ''Feminine form of the flat adjective''.
2. A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
   Australia, British, India, New-England, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, dialectal
3. An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
4. Text form in a page.
5. Level ground in general.
6. To sing or play below the proper pitch.
7. Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
   sometimes
8. a residential apartment.
9. the area in the centre of a racecourse.
   Australia, sometimes
10. A box about a foot wide, two feet long, and two inches deep filled with soil. Garden seeds were planted in it, and later the young plants were transplanted to the garden or a Cold frame. By the end of the twentieth century, a flat usually meant a shallow, flat box holding many small individual containers of plants.
11. The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
12. To make even, smooth, or level:even, flatten, level, plane, smooth, straighten.
13. A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
14. stretched out. She was lying flat on her back. plat متَمَدِّد точно estendido roztažený flach udstrakt ξαπλωμένος, φαρδύς πλατύς horizontalmente täies pikkuses درازکش pitkin pituuttaan à platישר चित्त लेटना potrbuške ispružen elnyúlva melunjur flatt disteso 平らべったく 납작하게 펴고 išsitiesęs (visu ūgiu) plakaniski; garšļaukus melunjur uitgestrektutstrakt, flatt płasko دراز غزيدل estendido întins плашмя natiahnuto plosko ispružen platt, utsträckt อย่างแผ่หลา dümdüz 平直地 плескато لمبی تان کر sóng sượt; s...
15. A flat tyre/flat tire.
    informal
16. definitely; emphatically. She flatly denied it. volstrek ontken بِصَراحَه، بصورة تامَّ решително categoricamente rovnou, rozhodně glatt ubetinget; kategoriskt; pure κατηγορηματικά categóricamente kindlalt مطلقاً؛ قطعاً ehdottomasti catégoriquement בְּאוֹפןֶ מוּחלָט पूरी तरह से glatko, bez razmišljanja határozottan tegas ákveðið; eindregið categoricamente きっぱりと 명백히 kategoriškai kategoriski; noteikti dengan tegas botwegdirekte, likefram, blankt kategorycznie په نيغه، په سمه، بيدو (عينا categori...
17. A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
    in-plural
18. (often with out) to make or become flat. The countryside flattened out as they came near the sea. plat word يسير أفقيا، َنْبَسِط изравнявам (се) aplanar-se narovnat se, zploštit se flach werden blive fladt ισοπεδώνω, ισιώνωallanar, aplanar laiaks litsuma, tasanduma مسطح کردن tasoittua aplanir לְשָטֵח समतल करना, होना postati ravan, ravnati (se) kisimít; lapossá válik membuat datar, meratakan fletja appiattirsi 平らにする 평평하게 하다 iš(si)lyginti, padaryti plokščią izlīdzināties; saplakt meratakan plat...
    often with
19. A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
    in-plural
20. a fixed amount, especially one that is the same in all cases. He charged a flat rate for the work. eenvormige/uniforme/vaste tarief مبلغ ثابت твърда такса valor fixo paušální sazba der Einheitspreis fast beløb ενιαία τιμή tarifa fija püsiv (tasu)määr میزان ثابت kiinteä hinta prix/taux fixe מְחִיר אָחִיד एक समान दर paušalni iznos, stalna pristojba átalány harga rata-rata fast gjald prezzo fisso 均一料金 균일 요금 pastovus tarifas noteikta samaksa harga tetap vast tarief fast pris/takst stała opłata می...
    especially
21. A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
22. as fast, energetically etc as possible. She worked flat out. voluit بِسُرْعَةٍ وَنَشاط с всички сили com todo o gás nejvyšší rychlostí, na plné obrátky entscheiden på højtryk; for fulde omdrejninger χωρίς ανάσα, όσο πιο γρήγορα γίνεται a toda pastilla, a todo gas kogu jõust با سرعت و کوشش تمام täysillä à toute allure בְּכָל הַכּוֹחַ शीघ्रता से, बहुत थका होना maksimalan, totalan, stopostotan mindent beleadva keras af fullum krafti strenuamente 全速力で 전력을 다하여 pašėlusiai greitai, iš visų jėgų pārg...
    etc
23. The most prominent flat part of something.
24. plano-a, llano-a; extendido-a.
25. The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
26. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
27. A wide, shallow container or pallet.
28. Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
29. A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
30. A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
    US
31. A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
32. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
33. A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
34. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
35. A flat sheet for use on a bed.
36. A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
37. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
38. A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
39. A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
40. Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
41. An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
    historical
42. A dull fellow; a simpleton.
    obsolete
43. Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
44. A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
45. A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
    slang
46. A 24-case of beer.
    British-Columbia, Canadian-Prairies

Equivalents

Examples

“The hovercraft skimmed across the open flats.”

“the eastern end of the salt flat; mud flat, tidal flat, flood flat”

“Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat.”

“My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.”

“I can run on the flat but not up hills.”

“The going will be easier once we're through these mountains and onto the flat.”

“"Indeed it's troubling you too much, Sir!" the maid exclaimed. "She can walk very well on the flat."”

“This horse will do better over the flat.”

“flat racing, the flat season”

“In light of Horse Racing Ireland's Covid-19 contingency plan announcement, that whenever racing resumes the Flat will be given priority, Elliott has decided to keep a number of talented jumpers on the go during the summer, with a view towards a dual-purpose campaign.”

“2021 (retrieved), racing365.com, "Flat Racing Explained" https://racing365.com/flat-racing-explained/ In British horse racing, the classics are a series of horse races run over the flat (i.e. without jumps).”

“As forecast, Joe suspected nothing as he pottered round the flat in the sunshine, absorbed in the task of picking winners.”

“The key of E♭ has three flats.”

“The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.”

“She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.”

“The outboard bales in each tier should be placed on their edges so that their flats will be presented to the sweat battens. This precaution is necessary to lessen the damage in case of chafage. If the bales chafe or become wet on their flats, only one or two layers will be damaged.”

“a flat of strawberries”

“Waiter: Would you like sparkling or flat? Guest: Flat, thank you.”

“For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels. Accordingly, automobiles aboard piggyback flats are usually coupled into the train 15 or more cars behind the locomotive; and telltales have been raised.”

“The tender roared along vibrating vigorously; braking had resulted in "flats" on most of its tyres.”

“You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.”

“This same publisher notes pricing is a crucial factor in the mass market field of $1, $1.95 and $2.95 "flats."”

“Among the many US museums hosting flats, we may mention the Toy Soldier Museum in the Pocono Mountains, supervised by the historian, collector and dealer J. Hillestad.”

“[…] if you cannot make a speech, Because you are a flat, Go very quietly and drop A button in the hat!”

“"He fancies he can play at billiards," said he. "I won two hundred of him at the Cocoa-Tree. HE play, the young flat! […]"”

““But,” said I, “you said the other day, that you liked the fair thing.” “That was by way of gammon,” said the landlord; “just, do you see, as a Parliament cove might say speechifying from a barrel to a set of flats, whom he means to sell. Come, what do you think of the plan?””

“"She can indeed walk very well on the flat," I said. "And I think I was the Flat."”

“"When sampling the aperture of a telescope, using auto-collimating flats (ACFs) is more economical"”

“He would slip in his six-ace flats, shaved dice that were made to bring up sevens. He'd throw them just long enough to get well, and then replace them with legitimate cubes.”

“The excellence of French flats is so well known in America, that the owner will often refer to his property as "first class French flats."”

“A kiss may be grand but it won’t pay the rental on your humble flat or help you at the automat.”

“[NICELY]When you meet a gent paying all kinds of rent for a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal. [BOTH]Call it sad, call it funny but it’s better than even money that the guy’s only doing it for some doll.”

“Fifteen percent of this group said that they were not satisfied with the public housing estates and their HDB^([Singapore Housing & Development Board]) flats (see Tables 11 and 12 respectively).”

“The Greater London Council formed the Estmanco company to manage a block of 60 council-owned flats. The council entered into an agreement with the company to sell off the flats to owner-occupiers.”

“When the Dolphin Square's flats were first offered to the public in 1936, the South Block was still under construction, and the North Block was a building site.”

“Of course, closure of the West station took away the hotel's raison d'être. In May 2012, the local newspaper reported that this historic hotel, by then rated the town's worst (exemplified by its final review: "Please avoid at all costs"), was to be converted into 31 first-time-buyer one-bedroom flats.”

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